“Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.”
The command to sing to God and make music to God's name articulates the vocal and instrumental celebration of divine power. The invocation to praise the God who rides on the clouds connects to ancient storm-god imagery and establishes God's cosmic power. This verse calls for joyful and sustained worship of the powerful God.
Church Fathers on Psalms 68:4
1. Of this Psalm, the title seems not to need operose discussion: for simple and easy it appears. For thus it stands: “For the end, for David himself a Psalm of a Song.” But in many Psalms already we have reminded you what is “at the end: for the end of the Law is Christ for righteousness to every man believing:” Romans 10:4 He is the end which makes perfect, not that which consumes or destroys. Nevertheless, if any one endeavours to inquire, what means, “a Psalm of a Song:”…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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